Securing medical images are a very essential process in medical image authentication. Medical image watermarking is a very popular tool to achieve this goal. In this paper, an extremely fast, highly accurate, and robust algorithm is proposed for watermarking both gray-level and color medical images. In the proposed method, a scrambled binary watermark is embedded in the host medical image. Simplified exact kernels are used to compute the moments of the polar complex exponential transform (PCET) for the host gray-level images and the moments of the quaternion PCET for the host color images without approximation errors. The stability of the computed moments enables us to use higher order moments in a perfect reconstruction of the watermarked medical images. The accurate moment invariant to rotation, scaling, and translation ensures the robustness of the proposed watermarking algorithm against geometric attacks. Performed experiments clearly show very high visual imperceptibility and robustness to different levels of geometric distortions and common signal processing attacks. The implementation of parallel multi-core CPU and GPU result in a tremendous reduction of the overall watermarking times. For a color image of size 256 × 256, the watermarking time is accelerated by 20× and 11× using a GPU and a CPU with 16 cores, respectively.

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With an intention to synergize the antimicrobial activity of 1,3-diphenyl pyrazole and chromene derivatives, 20 hybrid compounds were synthesized and evaluated for their antimicrobial activity. Structures of the newly synthesized compounds were established by elemental analysis and spectral data. All compounds were evaluated for their antimicrobial activity against Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria and antifungal activity by a well diffusion method. Compounds 8, 10, 16 and 21 show reasonable antibacterial and antifungal activity.

With an intention to synergize the antimicrobial activity of 1,3-diphenyl pyrazole and chromene derivatives, 20 hybrid compounds were synthesized and evaluated for their antimicrobial activity. Structures of the newly synthesized compounds were established by elemental analysis and spectral data. All compounds were evaluated for their antimicrobial activity against Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria and antifungal activity by a well diffusion method. Compounds 8, 10, 16 and 21 show reasonable antibacterial and antifungal activity.

With an intention to synergize the antimicrobial activity of 1,3-diphenyl pyrazole and chromene derivatives, 20 hybrid compounds were synthesized and evaluated for their antimicrobial activity. Structures of the newly synthesized compounds were established by elemental analysis and spectral data. All compounds were evaluated for their antimicrobial activity against Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria and antifungal activity by a well diffusion method. Compounds 8, 10, 16 and 21 show reasonable antibacterial and antifungal activity.

Anodization of some valve metals such as titanium (Ti), leads to the self-organized nanostructured. In this work we present a systematic study of the formation, characterization, and refractive index of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanotubes. The anodizing of Ti foil was performed in ethanol-H2O electrolyte (50%) mixture containing 0.3 wt% HFat different voltages and durations. It was found that the current density, measured during preparing the samples, is controlled by the variation of the anodizing voltage. In addition, increasing the applied voltage used in the anodizing process resulted in an increase of the calculated refractive index of nanostructured samples. The results also revealed that the nanotube diameter, wall thickness, center-to-center nano-tube, and porosity, refractive index are affected by changing the anodizing parameters.

Anodization of some valve metals such as titanium (Ti), leads to the self-organized nanostructured. In this work we present a systematic study of the formation, characterization, and refractive index of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanotubes. The anodizing of Ti foil was performed in ethanol-H2O electrolyte (50%) mixture containing 0.3 wt% HFat different voltages and durations. It was found that the current density, measured during preparing the samples, is controlled by the variation of the anodizing voltage. In addition, increasing the applied voltage used in the anodizing process resulted in an increase of the calculated refractive index of nanostructured samples. The results also revealed that the nanotube diameter, wall thickness, center-to-center nano-tube, and porosity, refractive index are affected by changing the anodizing parameters.

Anodization of some valve metals such as titanium (Ti), leads to the self-organized nanostructured. In this work we present a systematic study of the formation, characterization, and refractive index of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanotubes. The anodizing of Ti foil was performed in ethanol-H2O electrolyte (50%) mixture containing 0.3 wt% HFat different voltages and durations. It was found that the current density, measured during preparing the samples, is controlled by the variation of the anodizing voltage. In addition, increasing the applied voltage used in the anodizing process resulted in an increase of the calculated refractive index of nanostructured samples. The results also revealed that the nanotube diameter, wall thickness, center-to-center nano-tube, and porosity, refractive index are affected by changing the anodizing parameters.

The present study provides an analysis of the floristic composition, habitat types, vegetation structure and species diversity, elucidating the role of the environmental factors that affect species distribution in Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The vegetation was sampled from 89 permanently visited stands in 12 sites situated along N - S line transect across the oasis, and extending for about 185 km to cover as much as possible the physiognomic variation in habitats. Four main habitats were recognized and forming concentric zones (from inside to outside): farmlands and date-palm orchards represent the inner zone, the waste-salinized lands (not saltmarshes) in the middle zone, and the surrounding (bounding) desert in the outer zone. A total of 122 species from 35 families and 102 genera represented the flora of the study area. Poaceae, Asteraceae and Fabaceae were the major families, which constituted 47% of the total flora. Classification using Bray-Curtis cluster analysis produced 4 vegetation groups (A - D); each can be linked to a certain habitat. The arrangement of habitat zones along the first DCA axis can be noticed: outer zone (bounding desert), middle zone (waste-salinized lands) and inner zone (arable lands). On the other hand, farmlands and date-palm orchard groups were separated from each other along the second DCA axis. The relationship between the vegetation and soil variables was studied using Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA); it was indicated the most important environmental gradients those control the vegetation composition and the distribution pattern of species in Kharga Oasis, which were mainly related to gradients in soil moisture content and fine fractions. The present situation of Kharga Oasis urges the conservation of some old historic wells and the naturally growing open dom-palm forests before vanishing due to high human activities in the area.

The present study provides an analysis of the floristic composition, habitat types, vegetation structure and species diversity, elucidating the role of the environmental factors that affect species distribution in Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The vegetation was sampled from 89 permanently visited stands in 12 sites situated along N - S line transect across the oasis, and extending for about 185 km to cover as much as possible the physiognomic variation in habitats. Four main habitats were recognized and forming concentric zones (from inside to outside): farmlands and date-palm orchards represent the inner zone, the waste-salinized lands (not saltmarshes) in the middle zone, and the surrounding (bounding) desert in the outer zone. A total of 122 species from 35 families and 102 genera represented the flora of the study area. Poaceae, Asteraceae and Fabaceae were the major families, which constituted 47% of the total flora. Classification using Bray-Curtis cluster analysis produced 4 vegetation groups (A - D); each can be linked to a certain habitat. The arrangement of habitat zones along the first DCA axis can be noticed: outer zone (bounding desert), middle zone (waste-salinized lands) and inner zone (arable lands). On the other hand, farmlands and date-palm orchard groups were separated from each other along the second DCA axis. The relationship between the vegetation and soil variables was studied using Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA); it was indicated the most important environmental gradients those control the vegetation composition and the distribution pattern of species in Kharga Oasis, which were mainly related to gradients in soil moisture content and fine fractions. The present situation of Kharga Oasis urges the conservation of some old historic wells and the naturally growing open dom-palm forests before vanishing due to high human activities in the area.